Being Bilingual and Your Brain

Below is a link to an article from World Economic Forum which explains the benefits of being bilingual and how it actually changes your brain:

Being Bilingual Rewires Your Brain

This information could be incorporated into advocacy and recruitment efforts!

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Advocacy: Connecting FL and STEM

Here is a link to an older but still useful advocacy article from the TransparentLanguage blog on linking FL and STEM:

http://blogs.transparent.com/language-news/2013/08/12/putting-the-fl-in-stem-the-link-between-foreign-languages-and-the-stem-fields/


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News: Making the Case for Building US Foreign Language Capacity

A recent article from Inside Higher Ed details the need for the US to build its language capacity now more than ever. A worthwhile read to help boost advocacy for your programs:

Making the Case for Building US Language Capacity


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German: Reasons to Study in Germany

The Local.de has put together a great list of reasons to study in German. This can help with your program recruiting and advocacy efforts:

https://www.thelocal.de/20160909/9-very-compelling-reasons-to-come-to-germany-to-study

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Avoid Paralytic Monolingualism

Here is a fun way to advertise for your language programs from Languages Around the Globe!

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Germany: Deutsche Erfindungen

Here is a great graphic to help advertise your German program featuring important German inventions!


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Language Advocacy: Bilinguals Have Superior Social Skills (NYT)

For language teachers, here is a great article on the benefits of bilingualism that you can use to advertise your programs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-superior-social-skills-of-bilinguals.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0


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German: Germany's Top Scientists and Inventors

For those interested in German and the sciences, this could be a great resource for language advocacy. This is an article featuring 51 of the best German scientists and inventors of all time:

http://www.studying-in-germany.org/most-incredible-german-scientists/

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Benefits of Bilingualism

If you're looking for a good advocacy article on the benefits of learning another language, check out this recent article in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-superior-social-skills-of-bilinguals.html?smid=fb-share

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Benefits of Bilingualism

A great article on the benefits of bilingualism:

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/being-bilingual-changes-the-architecture-of-your-brain/


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News: Ways a Second Language Boosts Your Career

Here is a useful article for language advocacy and advertising your program:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2016/0105/Ten-ways-learning-a-second-language-can-help-your-career

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Importance of German (AATG)

This is a great infographic from AATG to help with advocacy for your program!



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News: The World's Languages (Maps and Graphs)

A recent Washington Post article features useful data on the world's languages in several maps and graphs. These could be used in various lessons as well as program advertising:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/04/23/the-worlds-languages-in-7-maps-and-charts/?tid=sm_fb





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News: Hardest Languages To Learn

A recent article from Business Insider ranks language on their difficulty to learn:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-hardest-languages-to-learn-2014-5?IR=T

This information could be used to help advertise for your program!

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German: 10 Good Reasons to Love Germany (DW)

From Deutsche Welle - some good ways to advertise and advocate for your German program:

http://www.dw.de/ten-good-reasons-to-love-germany/g-18137695

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News: Forbes - Why learning a language could save your career?

Good article out today on Forbes for those looking for content to include in language program advertising.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2014/10/23/why-learning-a-language-could-save-your-career/

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Many Languages, One America: The Voices of Our Children

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German: Advocacy - DaF in den USA - Johannes Ebert

Chris here again. Today I would like to share an excellent article with fellow German teachers from Johannes Ebert that was recently published on theeuropean.de. Ebert makes a strong case for the study of German. This could be useful information for helping to promote your program!

http://www.theeuropean.de/johannes-ebert/12150-deutsch-als-fremdsprache-in-den-usa

News: The 13 most useful college majors (as determined by science)

Chris here with a fun article for fellow German teachers. This article presents the 13 most useful college majors as determined by science. German ranks 10th! Feel free to use this article to help advertise your programs and courses.

13 most useful college majors as determined by science

News: German needs a place in the classroom!

Chris here again with your language learning news. I came across this excellent article advocating German language learning and its benefits for today's world of globalization. Enjoy!


http://blog.oregonlive.com/myoregon/2012/03/german_web.html

What other arguments can we make for German language learning?